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Michael Dolan
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Founder of Winding Road Stories

Aspiring recluse.
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The ripple effect from an act of kindness...
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MacKenzie Scott says her college roommate loaned her $1,000 so she wouldn’t have to drop out—and is now inspiring her to give away billions
MacKenzie Scott has donated over $19 billion in the past five years.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Can't wait to spend time with this.

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This 1,200-Page Poetry Book Affirms Seamus Heaney’s Towering Genius
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November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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“He sits down at the same time every day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, and writes. It’s like a scientist who continues to do experiments. John is still experimenting, still growing, still trying to figure out the craft."
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The World According to John Irving
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November 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Art Rats in New York City ❤️
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Essay by Patti Smith: Art Rats in New York City
Finding my own words.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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One of the many reasons I love NYC.
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A Sacred Space Where 90-Year-Old Jazz Records Reign
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November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Tomorrow, join us as we honor one of Hollywood’s brightest talents: actor, filmmaker and activist Robert Redford.

Our 24-hour salute to his life and work begins at 6am ET with A BRIDGE TOO FAR (’77).
November 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Brooklyn's own ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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If you'd like to know what Joyce Carol Oates is up to when she's writing horror fiction, have I got a post by me for you!

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Joyce Carol Oates, Our Most Surprising Horror Novelist
She was taking horror seriously before it was cool to do so.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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How about a Brooklyn Bridge thread, as a little treat?

All images shot on film between 2009-2016; all images by me.

#photography #NYC #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead

#mediumformat

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Brooklyn Bridge at night from above, in color, looking at Manhattan.
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Thanks to my friends at Kronk Gym for this beautiful hoodie! Looking forward to training there when the new gym opens!
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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This Sunday is National Tight End Day. Be sure to show your favorite tight end some love this weekend.
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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This baby’s been out for three weeks today, and I would love to see some more reviews over on A. If you’ve read, please drop a sentence or two about what you loved. Reviews will help more readers find these great stories. Thank you!
On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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The latest Best American Mystery and Suspense edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social is officially out today. Cold Caller Magazine has done interviews with several writers from the issue and here's mine.
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BAMS '25: Meet Rob Smith
Part 11 of the 'Best American' Interview Series
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October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Every voice in someone's life has a story to tell. My friend @jeffpearlman.bsky.social has written a biography of Tupac Shakur, and he has truly tried to capture every one of those voices in Tupac's life. The book debuts today, and I look forward to reading it twice.
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Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur
Amazon.com: Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur: 9780063304574: Pearlman, Jeff: Books
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October 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Nine Inch Nails “Art is Resistance” flyer (2007), with some thoughts on what it means today that came up in my recent Q&A. #NoKings ✊
Nine Inch Nails "Art is Resistance" flyer, 2007. The Art is Resistance flyer, designed by 42 Entertainment with art direction by Trent Reznor and me, was plastered around cities to draw players of the NIN “Year Zero” ARG to real-world gatherings, secret meetings of “the resistance” in the Year Zero fiction, but also a very real mechanism to plant the seeds of real-world activism into a story about what the future might look like if more people didn’t “wake up and give a shit.” Unfortunately, the future turned out almost exactly like what we imagined in Year Zero, but the message - that art is resistance, and you have a voice - is more important than ever. Question (u/tiktock34): What do you think is the most powerful combination of art and music today, given our political climate? Im thinking of movements similar to the "Art is Resistance" type of message. Lots of music and lots of artists but its clear you are passionate about the blend. Also, thanks for the years! Huge fan Rob Sheridan: I think about this a lot, and wonder what the role of art should be in this particular moment of resistance. It's weird to look back at the NIN Year Zero ARG and "Art is Resistance" campaign from 2007 and see that the future took the bad path anyway, almost eerily to a tee. Not that I expected an album to change the future or anything, but at the bleakest of times I couldn't help but second-guess if art did matter anymore in terms of actually affecting change; if I should have been more involved with organizing or with direct action, if we were deluding ourselves in thinking we were doing anything more than a cool art project. But then, year in and year out, again and again, right now included, fans tell me - more than any other project I ever worked on, by far - how much Year Zero meant to them, how much the Art is Resistance campaign inspired them, how it changed the way they viewed the intersection of music and politics. They show me the AiR flag tattoos, their numbers from the ARG, the friends they made through the process, the paths they took after - some even met their future spouses! And it reminds me that yeah, what we did mattered, because a lot of fans were radicalized by that experience to be more politically-aware and think more like activists, and a lot of artists were emboldened to speak out more. 1/3 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/ These days artists/celebs are expected to have an opinion on everything and will even get called out for not speaking up on some things, but back in the early 2000s there was this real cynicism about music being "political." Bands would get so much backlash and told to "stick to music" if they voiced political opinions. I'm proud I helped NIN be one of the bands of the era to really break through that barrier on With Teeth and then demolish it completely on Year Zero, and help a lot of fans come around to how fundamentally intertwined art and politics have always been. And today? I don't think there's any right or wrong way to combine art / music with message, because I think just making art - any kind of art - is a crucial part of the resistance we need right now. At the core of the fascist project is the removal of intellectual and artistic freedoms, and that tells you all you need to know about how much art matters. Between the billionaire techbros & CEOs showing how much they revile creators by racing to gut their livelihoods, and the grotesquely ugly, unfunny, uncreative anti-aesthetics of the right-wing movement, a systemic disdain for the arts and sciences is stronger than it's ever been. In a moment like this, we all have to keep making human art and connecting around human art, whether it's aggressive music that calls the fuckers out directly or just cute drawings of cats that make people smile. I know artists who are making very direct and provocative protest art; speaking truth to power loudly and directly is important, but it's not everyone's lane and it's not the only way to use art right now. 2/3 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/ I also know musicians who are just carrying on with their shows without really speaking out specifically, because they know how many vulnerable people are in their audiences going to their shows for strength and community, and they don't want to put additional targets on those peoples' backs. Protecting your community matters, too. For my own part, thinking about all of this over the past year was a big motivation in doing my art book right now. The feeling of not being sure who I should be or what I should say as an artist in this moment, how much it matters, and finding along the way that some of the art I was making that was really connecting with people and helping them, was art that wasn't literal with a specific message, it just honestly evoked the way I was feeling and the way I think a lot of people are feeling. The catharsis of feeling together, of knowing you're not alone in the way you feel, of seeing artists who matter to you also feeling the same thing; that gives strength, and strength is power. It's okay to check out to take care of yourself. And it's okay to find joy in music, art, movies, games, books, sports right now. I'd say it's crucial to find joy, more than ever. They're counting on you sacrificing joy, because then you lose hope, and then you lose the strength to fight back. Art is resistance, and joy is defiance. If your little drawing of a cat brought you or someone else some joy today, that matters. They want you to give up. Keep. Making. Art. Rob Sheridan, 16 Oct 2025 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Stoked to see this soon...
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Monet and Venice
Be transported to Venice in New York’s largest museum show dedicated to Monet in over 25 years.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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For my fitness friends, this is a great article about the excessive lead content in various protein powders.
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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Joyce Carol Oates, Sadie Stein, and Rachel Syme: A Celebration of Daphne du Maurier at the 92nd St. Y, NYC, October 15 at 7:30 PM.
looking forward to an exciting discussion of Daphne du Maurier with a focus on the Collected Short Stories.
hoping that some of you will join us.
October 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Diane Keaton has sadly passed away at the age of 79.
October 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Things feel grim... Looking for a fun, hopeful kicka$$ book? Don't forget, the digital version of #Taltrix is only 2.99!

Get some good vibes and come back strong for the good fight!

#SciFiFantasy #SolarPunk #SFF #SpaceOpera

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TALTRIX Book One SURVIVING THE GAUNTLET
TALTRIX Book One SURVIVING THE GAUNTLET [Copeland, Cecilia] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. TALTRIX Book One SURVIVING THE GAUNTLET
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September 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Legendary
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A 102-Year-Old Yoga Teacher’s Simple Approach to Aging Well
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September 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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This is excellent. Looking forward to reading Doris' work, thanks to @chadgayle.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM